There is a small handful of people at IHS who know about a very small, very pink room at the very end of the E-wing . Although small and unassuming, this room is the deepest one can go into the chronicles of IHS. In that room, there are four average-looking filing cabinets that contain annals of IHS Tattler history, dating back 125 years. Here follows a selection.
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September 1947
NEWCOMERS TO I.H.S. REPORT FIRST IMPRESSIONS
You may have wondered what those slightly dazed looking students were thinking as they walked around the halls of Ithaca High School for the first time. Your roving reporter has collected these views:
Nancy Card – I think it’s a swell school and lots of fun.
Shirley Croft – It isn’t at all like Junior High but I like it.
Johnny DeKay – My opinion of high school depends upon the teachers opinion towards the pupils.
Jack Eaton – I think that Ithaca High School is a very nice school, and that the system is sound.
Harry Haeger – It’s okay!
Judy Hasbrook – Swell, except that there is too much homework and you have to stay up too late.
David Lynch – I like it about the same as Junior High. It’s a lot different though.
Anne Morter – My impression of Senior High is it’s a swell place. Nothing like Junior High, thank goodness.
Janet Norton – Lovely! Lovely!
Helen Painter – I think it’s a very nice place if you like school, but who likes school? It will do for a while.
Joyce Randolph – My impression of Senior High is a looming, massive building for innocent little sophomores to get lost in.
Jim Russell – Reeks.
Barbara Shirley – Okay, but it’s one mad rush!
Muzzy Showacre – It’s okay, but there’s too much homework.
Pat Taylor – You all are just simply grand—even the teachers.
Peg Taylor – Say!! You all, you sure have a swell school. But the homework- Oh!!!!
Norman VanOrder – Swell school, not another like it.
Alice Warren – I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Bert White – It’s better than nothin’.
September 1946
50 Veterans Invade I.H.S. (Excerpted)
This year there are about 50 veterans enrolled in Ithaca High School. Most of them have come back either to finish school or take postgraduate courses. When asked if they thought school had changed, some thought the students seemed younger, others said the set-up was different.
Most of them seemed glad to get back to school, whether it had changed or not.
Lewis Solomon was a private stationed in Europe during the war. His reasons for coming back to school were to graduate, and he says, “You don’t miss it until you’re out of it.”
Carl Janowski was a sergeant in the well-known First Division of the Marine Corps. His main objective is to finish school, but he hasn’t decided what to do after graduation.
Lewis Jansen was a motor mechanic 3rd class in the Navy during the war. He was stationed at Great Lakes; Richmond, Virginia; Submarine base, New London, Connecticut; and on the USS Peto in the Atlantic. He came back to school for a P.G. course because he likes chemistry and algebra. He plans to go to the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Julian Syphax was a ship’s cook 2nd class in the Navy. During the war he was stationed at Pearl Harbor, at Guam, at Okinawa and in China. He is planning to graduate and go on to college.
Another one of our P.G.’s is Ralph Bruce. An army technician 4th class, he was stationed in Germany. He plans to be a cabinet maker.
Eddie Potter was an aviation machinist’s mate, 3rd class, stationed in Pensacola, Florida. After his post-graduate work he plans to go to Cornell.
The Bortz twins, Jack and Harry, have been together all during the war. They both were seamen 1st class stationed in the ETO and the Mediterranean. They plan to go to college when they graduate.
September 1947
Fads ‘n Fashions
By ELLEN DAKIN
From the looks of things the first few days of school the newest fashions seem to be in full swing. Cool and neat dresses are a must for the warm days we’ve been having. Some interesting examples are Mary Wilcox’s pearl gray dress with a low neckline and wide red belt, and Jean Hill’s beige dress with the long skirt, which is the rage with fashion designers now.
Silk scarves have been very prominent about the halls of IHS lately. Jo Reed’s gayly printed scarf with an all-white dress made a very nice outfit. Connie Floros’ royal blue scarf added the perfect touch to a blue ensemble: blue ballet slippers, sheer blue stockings, a navy blue skirt, and a sparkling white blouse.
For interesting footnotes, take a look at Betty Head’s soft red calfskin playshoes, and Ginny Gee’s black velvet ballet slippers.
Have any of you gals gotten yourselves a new pinched-in-waist corset? And have you noticed how skirts have been lowered, despite the many protests? Miss Marsh takes the bows with her long suit skirt; Edie Stewart and Sally Gifft carried this style into their long and softly gathered dirndl skirts.
Well, this is all till the next issue. Here’s hoping it cools off so we’ll be seeing those bright plaids and soft wools around the halls again.